TheFuzzy wrote:
Lisa,
So if they've dried out to the point of splintering/cracking you can't save them.
If it's short of that, I'd do two coats of mineral oil. Put one on and rub it in with a cheesecloth, and then let it air-try on top of a towel for 24 hours. And then do a 2nd coat. This is based on experience with other hardwoods, but I'm assuming that olivewood isn't that different.
Thanks, I will try it. They aren't showing any splinters or cracks, which is why I was so surprised when the handle of the one I was using snapped clean off. I assume it was dried out and not flawed in some other way because it was so old that a flaw would have probably shown itself before now.